Developed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the SAS 70 guidelines audit a service organization’s control objectives, safeguards, and activities. The SAS 70 Type II report presents the results of extensive testing that determines how effectively the organization’s controls meet its control objectives. The review and report includes a full assessment of:

Oversight by Executive Management

Operations and Customer Service

Development and Information Technology Organization

Human Resources Policies and Procedures

Risk Assessment Monitoring

Such a review is important for service organizations that provide services that are critical to its customers’ operations—the SAS 70 Type II Certification provides third-party verification that, in turn, the organization’s customers can supply for audits of their own operations (the audit meets Sarbanes-Oxley requirements).

The review was conducted by an independent auditing agency and included extensive testing performed over a six-mont